Jesus and the Cross (What It Involved and What It Accomplished)

What It Involved
A)  The  Means to Bring About Jesus' Death                   John 19:17-18 and Acts 5:30
John 19:17-18
17  He went out, carrying his cross, and came to “The Place of the Skull,” as it is called. (In Hebrew it is called “Golgotha.”) 
18  There they crucified him; and they also crucified two other men, one on each side, with Jesus between them. 
Acts 5:30  The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
B)  Was The Death of a Curse                                          Galatians 3:13
Galatians 3:13  But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse.”
 C)  Planned by God                                                             Luke 24:26-27 and Acts 2:23Luke 24:26-27
26  Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?” 
27  And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.
Acts 2:23  In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.
 D)  Carried Out By Humans                                              Acts 2:23 and Acts 5:30Acts 2:23  In accordance with his own plan God had already decided that Jesus would be handed over to you; and you killed him by letting sinful men crucify him.
 Acts 5:30  The God of our ancestors raised Jesus from death, after you had killed him by nailing him to a cross.
E)  Showed Jesus Obedience                                             Philippians 2:8
Philippians 2:8  He was humble and walked the path of obedience all the way to death—his death on the cross.

What It Accomplished
A)  Redeemed Us From The Curse Of God                      Galatians 3:10, 13
Galatians 3:10 Those who depend on obeying the Law live under a curse. For the scripture says, “Whoever does not always obey everything that is written in the book of the Law is under God's curse!”
 13 But by becoming a curse for us Christ has redeemed us from the curse that the Law brings; for the scripture says, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is under God's curse.”
 B)  Took Away Our Sins                                                     Colossians 2:13-14 and I Peter 2:24
Colossians 2:13-14 
13  You were at one time spiritually dead because of your sins and because you were Gentiles without the Law. But God has now brought you to life with Christ. God forgave us all our sins; 
14  he canceled the unfavorable record of our debts with its binding rules and did away with it completely by nailing it to the cross. 
I Peter 2:24  Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.
 C)  Reconciled Us With God                                               Ephesians 2:16 and Colossians 1:20Ephesians 2:16  By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.
Colossians 1:20  Through the Son, then, God decided to bring the whole universe back to himself. God made peace through his Son's blood^[a] on the cross and so brought back to himself all things, both on earth and in heaven.
D)  Gave Us Eternal Life                                                    John 3:14-15
John 3:14-15
14  As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, 
15  so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 
E)  Brought About Victory Over Christ's Enemies            Colossians 2:15
Colossians 2:15  And on that cross Christ freed himself from the power of the spiritual rulers and authorities; he made a public spectacle of them by leading them as captives in his victory procession.